Many people imagine that a life on the road would be awesome. I don't. I really don't know how it will be. I have read many stories of people heading off on a world motorcycle tour, or a backpacking/flashpacking adventure, only to find out that life on the road kinda' sucks. Really. The word travel comes from the Middle English word travail. Travail means a painful or laborious effort. Travail comes from medieval Latin word trepalium which means instrument of torture (hey English majors, don't contradict me). Yes, travel can be torture. It can also be great. Sometimes at the same time. Many of our most cherished memories of travel are from times when things went horribly wrong.
Travelling, in the sense I am talking about it, is not really a vacation. It is living on the road. Living can sometimes be a hassle. Some travelers expect to have a great time all the time. This will never happen. It does not happen in life, and will not happen while traveling. We tend to adapt to any situation, no matter how good or how bad. If we are happy people, we will be happy no matter what, eventually. Even the worst that life can throw at these people will upset them for only a period of time, then they will settle back to being happy. Miserable people tend to be miserable no matter what. Win $300 million? Yippee, life is great even for these people. For a while. Then they are miserable again. Rich, but miserable. This is sometimes called Hedonistic Adaption. I suppose most of us fall somewhere between these people.
One has to discover what will keep them happy. There are many phrases used to describe what makes most people happy. There are many variations of this: "In order to be happy, you need three things: Something to DO, Someone to LOVE, and Something to HOPE for." --Pickles (also Joseph Addison 1672-1719 and a million other people)
Most people think the something to do part is having fun activities, but more research suggests that having something to do that has value means much more than fun. Meaningful work, whether paid or volunteer, building something, improving something, creating something, caring for something or someone. These are all difficult to do when travelling, which may be why so many people burn out. Of course, the daily partying might not help.
Then there is:
"Happiness, especially in a rich environment like we live in, is not so much accomplished with adding positives to your life, but by removing negatives."
Travel is not good at removing negatives.
I kinda' like this phrase best:
Italians have a phrase: "la dolce far niente"
"the sweetness of doing nothing"
Basically, I have no idea how long I will enjoy traveling in this manner. I might burn out after a few months, I might last years. I suspect that the first few weeks or months will be great, the next few months will be difficult, then after that it will be good. Whether it will be good enough to make me want to continue, only time will tell.